10-19-24, 09:22 AM
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Gefallen Engel U-666
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Quote:
Originally Posted by derstosstrupp
Regarding the dinging of the telegraph, correct, that’s total fiction. The telegraph transmitters had buzzers instead. When a new speed was ordered, the buzzers at the transmitter units sounded until the engine room matched the pointers on its telegraphs and the circuit for the buzzer was opened. This buzzer sound could be bypassed by a switch for silent running situations
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... so am I to understand, after all this time, that the the telegraph transmitter actually goes buzz-buzz instead of ding-ding?!!
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